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Comment by 'Alan L. Maki' on An idea whose time has come http://www.peoplesworld.org/an-idea-whose-time-has-come/#PageComment_4840
Someone at the U.S. Social Forum 2010 taking place in Motown should conduct a little experiment to find out if there is any support for a new progressive political party...
Get a couple cardboard boxes and ask people to vote for three tickets:
Palin/McChrystal... See More
Obama/Biden
Cynthia McKinney/Cindy Sheehan
Of course Palin/McChrystal would have to have a slight handicap of some sort--- maybe pay anyone voting for them $10.00 and offer the opportunity to vote as often as possible.
The Obama/Biden ticket probably wouldn't need as much of a handicap... just offer a free drink of Detroit River Water or what we called Stroh's.
To the McKinney/Sheehan team, don't provide any incentive except for a future of peace and social justice to voters who are only allowed to vote once.
I wonder if anyone has thought that the U.S. Social Forum 2010 would be the perfect place to launch a new progressive political party? It seems like there might be an activist or two with such a notion... imagine, 20,000 left-wing political activists returning home to organize a real progressive political party as they are engaged in their other peace and social justice activities!
Now, for a name for this new political party?
In their new book on page 83 of "Getting America Back To Work," Stewart Acuff and Richard Levins give us a pretty good hint:
Warriors for Peace and Social JusticeFri, 25 Jun 2010 19:20:16 -0400Alan L. Makihttp://www.peoplesworld.org/an-idea-whose-time-has-come/#PageComment_4840Comment by 'E.E.W. Clay' on An idea whose time has come http://www.peoplesworld.org/an-idea-whose-time-has-come/#PageComment_4514
Two things:People and nature before profits and militarism-and-the nation's financial system should be democratically owned and operated in the public interest?
At first glance,this seems so,so,revolutionary,so much different than what the great numbers of people would fight for,but is it really?
Given the latest evidence through polls,the people of the U.S. may be more ready and willing for change in these above two ways than we may first think.
Much of it is understood by common people like us,George Bernard Shaw style. But this does not mean that the way is short and easy,on the contrary,the way is long and difficult as W.E.B. Du Bois warned us,but it humanity survives,our victory is certain,because it not only makes common sense,it makes scientific sense,since Das Kapital or Capital,which since the double dip financial crisis,is,by the way,flying off the book shelves. Du Bois might say-"The battle for humanity is not lost or losing."
As with all science,it is not so much settling on a goal as it is finding the way to complete it,through changing the world,and in this way,though winning,we have a long way to go.Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:30:46 -0400E.E.W. Clayhttp://www.peoplesworld.org/an-idea-whose-time-has-come/#PageComment_4514Comment by 'Smarter-than-a-teabagger' on An idea whose time has come http://www.peoplesworld.org/an-idea-whose-time-has-come/#PageComment_4503
It seems so obvious. But political actions has ground to a near halt in Congress because of the uncertainty surrounding the elections. Progressive forces need to turn that tide by getting back into the electoral struggle in a meaningful way between now and November. There are no other options; ranting and raving about things ain't gonna change it until action on winning the elections becomes serious.Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:09:04 -0400Smarter-than-a-teabaggerhttp://www.peoplesworld.org/an-idea-whose-time-has-come/#PageComment_4503